Rise or Die Trying

Rise or Die Trying
Studio album by Four Year Strong
Released September 18, 2007
Recorded 2007 at Big Sky Audio, Springfield, PA; Philly Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA;
Genre
Label I Surrender
Producer Matt Robnett, Nik Tyler
Four Year Strong chronology

It's Our Time (2005) Rise or Die Trying
(2007)		 Explains It All
(2009)
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Rise or Die Trying is the second full-length album from Four Year Strong. It hit #31 on the Billboard Heatseekers album charts in 2007. The album was recorded and produced by Matt Robnett of Playwork Productions at Big Sky Audio in Springfield, Pennsylvania. The name "Rise or Die Trying" comes from a lyric to "Go Long Dad", a song from their first album, It's Our Time. The album has sold over 50,000 copies.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan O'Connor and Alan Day.

No. Title Length
1. "The Take Over"   1:34
2. "Prepare to Be Digitally Manipulated"   3:07
3. "Abandon Ship or Abandon All Hope"   3:33
4. "Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die"   3:36
5. "Wrecked 'Em? Damn Near Killed 'Em"   3:12
6. "Catastrophe"   2:37
7. "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Hell"   3:06
8. "Bada Bing! Wit' a Pipe!"   3:22
9. "Beatdown in the Key of Happy"   3:03
10. "If He's Here, Who's Runnin' Hell?"   3:18
11. "Maniac (R.O.D.)"   3:08
Total length:
 32:16

Australian & Japanese Bonus Track

No. Title Length
12. "So Hot and You Sweat on It"   3:22

UK Bonus Tracks

No. Title Length
13. "Beep Beep"   4:05
14. "Gotta Get Out"   3:02

Personnel

Additional personnel

Rise or Die Trying (Unmixed)

In 2006 an unmixed version of the album was leaked on the Internet. It contained seven demos that eventually made the final tracklist, a demo of one bonus track, and three songs that didn't make the final cut.

Track listing

  1. "Sparkle Motion"
  2. "Heroes Fade Kid, Legends Never Die" ("Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" Demo)
  3. "Death Is The Only Adventure I Have Left" (reworked as "Catastrophe")
  4. "Angels With Filthy Souls" (Contains a line from "The Take Over")
  5. "Your Ego's Writing Checks Your Body Can't Cash"
  6. "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Hell" (Demo Version)
  7. "Bada Bing! Wit' A Pipe!" (Demo Version)
  8. "Wrecked 'Em? Damn Near Killed 'Em" (Demo Version)
  9. "Calling All Cars" ("Prepare to Be Digitally Manipulated" Demo)
  10. "Gotta Get Out" (Demo Version)
  11. "Angels With Even Filthier Souls" ("Maniac (R.O.D.)" Demo)

References